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George Humphrey1811–?

Name
George Humphrey
Given names
George
Surname
Humphrey
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Birth 1811 37 31
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Baptism 17 November 1811
 Hadlow, Kent, England

History 1811
 

Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane.<br />Luddite riots in the North and the Midlands. Laborers attack factories and break up the machines which they fear will replace them.
History 1812 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 3)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
Birth of a sister 1815 (Age 4)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
History 1815 (Age 4)
 

Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days.<br />Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic.<br />Corn Laws passed.
Baptism of a sister 4 June 1815 (Age 4)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
History 1819 (Age 8)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 9)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 10)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 18)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 19)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 21)
 

Note: First Reform Bill: adds 10 pound/year householders to the voting rolls and reapportions Parliamentary representation much more fairly, doing away with most rotten and pocket boroughs. Adds 217,000 voters to an electorate of 435,000.
History 1833 (Age 22)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 23)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
MarriageElizabeth Scraps - View family
17 October 1835 (Age 24)
 Wateringbury, Kent, England

Birth of a daughter
#1		 1836 (Age 25)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

daughter - Caroline Humphrey
Baptism of a daughter 6 March 1836 (Age 25)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

daughter - Caroline Humphrey
Birth of a son
#2		 1837 (Age 26)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - Thomas Humphrey
History 1837 (Age 26)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 27)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Baptism of a son 28 January 1838 (Age 27)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - Thomas Humphrey
History 1839 (Age 28)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Birth of a son
#3		 1840 (Age 29)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - William Humphrey
History 1840 (Age 29)
 

Note: Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort.<br />Penny post started.<br />S.F.B. Morse invents the telegraph.<br />Grammar Schools Act.
Baptism of a son 5 April 1840 (Age 29)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - William Humphrey
Death of a mother before 27 October 1842 (Age 31)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

mother - Mary Brigden
History 1842 (Age 31)
 

Note: Chartist Riots.<br />Copyright Act.<br />Potato Failure in Europe, starvation in Ireland. Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.
Birth of a son
#4		 1843 (Age 32)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - Henry Humphrey
Baptism of a son 5 February 1843 (Age 32)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - Henry Humphrey
Birth of a son
#5		 1845 (Age 34)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Humphrey
Baptism of a son 27 July 1845 (Age 34)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Humphrey
Birth of a daughter
#6		 1847 (Age 36)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

daughter - Frances Humphrey
Baptism of a daughter 27 June 1847 (Age 36)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

daughter - Frances Humphrey
Death of a father before 1 December 1849 (Age 38)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

father - William Humphrey
History 1849 (Age 38)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 39)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 40)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 42)
 

Note: Crimean War.
Birth of a son
#7		 1854 (Age 43)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - Edwin Humphrey
History 1855 (Age 44)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 46)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 47)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 50)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 51)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 53)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Marriage of a sonHenry Humphrey - View family
1865 (Age 54)
 Tonbridge, Kent, England

son - Henry Humphrey
daughter-in-law - Mercy Roots
History 1867 (Age 56)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic.<br />Second Reform Bill: enfranchises many workingmen, adds 938,000 to an electorate of 1,057,000 in England and Wales. (Disraeli's legislation)
History 1869 (Age 58)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 58)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 59)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 60)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 65)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 66)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 68)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 69)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
Death of a son 1881 (Age 70)
 Dover, Kent, England

son - Henry Humphrey
History 1882 (Age 71)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 72)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 73)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 74)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 75)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 76)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 78)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 86)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 87)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 88)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 90)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 92)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 93)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 94)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 103)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 105)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 106)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 107)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 111)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 117)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Humphrey

Birth before 21 March 1773 16  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death before 1 December 1849 (Age 76)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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6 years
mother
Mary Brigden

Birth before 29 August 1779  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death before 27 October 1842 (Age 63)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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Marriage: 4 November 1792 — Hadlow, Kent, England
2 months
#1 elder sister
Elizabeth Humphrey

Birth 1793 19 13  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#2 elder brother
William Humphrey

Birth before 19 April 1795 22 15  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death 30 November 1875 Age: 80  Tonbridge, Kent, England

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20 months
#3 elder brother
John Humphrey

Birth 1797 23 17  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 elder brother
Thomas Humphrey

Birth before 3 February 1799 25 19  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between January 1864 and March 1864 (Age 64) Age: 65  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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2 years
#5 elder brother
Richard Humphrey

Birth before 25 January 1801 27 21  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between January 1867 and March 1867 (Age 65)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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23 months
#6 elder sister
Mary Humphrey

Birth 1803 29 23  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#7 elder sister
Ann Humphrey

Birth 1805 31 25  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#8 elder sister
Jane Humphrey

Birth 1807 33 27  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 elder sister
Frances Humphrey

Birth 1809 35 29  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#10 himself
George Humphrey

Birth 1811 37 31  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#11 younger sister
Sarah Humphrey

Birth 1815 41 35  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Elizabeth Scraps - View family
himself
George Humphrey

Birth 1811 37 31  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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wife
Elizabeth Scraps

Birth about 1811  East Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 17 October 1835 — Wateringbury, Kent, England
2 months
#1 daughter
Caroline Humphrey

Birth 1836 25 25  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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1 year
#2 son
Thomas Humphrey

Birth 1837 26 26  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#3 son
William Humphrey

Birth 1840 29 29  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#4 son
Henry Humphrey

Birth 1843 32 32  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death 1881 (Age 38)  Dover, Kent, England

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2 years
#5 son
George Humphrey

Birth 1845 34 34  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#6 daughter
Frances Humphrey

Birth 1847 36 36  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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7 years
#7 son
Edwin Humphrey

Birth 1854 43 43  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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